Authors:John S. Mitchell, John E. Hickman, J. E. Amadi-Echen
Publisher: Clarion Technical Pub
Keywords: handbook, management, asset, physical
Number of Pages: 446
Published: 2006-12
List price: $145.00
ISBN-10: 0971794545
ISBN-13: 9780971794542

Author: Nicholas Anthony John Hastings
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: management, asset, physical
Number of Pages: 370
Published: 2009-10-14
List price: $209.00
ISBN-10: 1848827504
ISBN-13: 9781848827509

Physical asset management is the management of fixed or non-current assets such as equipment and plant. Physical Asset Management presents a systematic approach to the management of these assets from concept to disposal. Historically, asset management has not been seen as a specific professional activity, but now perceptions are changing. Many organizations are introducing senior positions in asset management, and universities are introducing courses in asset management at graduate and advanced undergraduate level. The broad reach of this book means that it will be applicable to professionals

Authors:Joe E. Amadi-Echendu, Kerry Brown, Roger Willett, Jos
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: management, asset, engineering, review, concepts, scope, definitions
Number of Pages: 394
Published: 2010-10-06
List price: $179.00
ISBN-10: 1849961778
ISBN-13: 9781849961776

Definitions, Concepts and Scope of Engineering Asset Management, the first volume in this new review series, seeks to minimise ambiguities in the subject matter. The ongoing effort to develop guidelines is shaping the future towards the creation of a body of knowledge for the management of engineered physical assets. Increasingly, industry practitioners are looking for strategies and tactics that can be applied to enhance the value-creating capacities of new and installed asset systems. The new knowledge-based economy paradigm provides imperatives to combine various disciplines, knowledge area

Authors:S.A. Zenios, W.T. Ziemba,
Publisher: North Holland
Keywords: management, liability, asset, handbook
Number of Pages: 508
Published: 2006-08-30
List price: $160.00
ISBN-10: 0444508759
ISBN-13: 9780444508751

This first volume of the Handbook of Asset and Liability Management presents the theories and methods supporting models that align a firm’s operations and tactics with its uncertain environment. Detailing the symbiosis between optimization tools and financial decision-making, its original articles cover term and volatility structures, interest rates, risk-return analysis, dynamic asset allocation strategies in discrete and continuous time, the use of stochastic programming models, bond portfolio management, and the Kelly capital growth theory and practice. They effectively set the scen

Author: James Walsh
Publisher: Auerbach Publications
Keywords: handbook, management, security, protection, asset
Number of Pages: 584
Published: 2002-12-27
List price: $109.95
ISBN-10: 0849316030
ISBN-13: 9780849316036

The Asset Protection and Security Management Handbook is a must for all professionals involved in the protection of assets. For those new to the security profession, the text covers the fundamental aspects of security and security management providing a firm foundation for advanced development. For the experienced security practitioner, it provides the tools necessary for developing effective solutions and responses to the growing number of challenges encountered by today’s security professionals. Based on the ASIS asset protection course, the text provides information vital to security

Authors:Thomas Schneeweis, Garry B. Crowder, Hossein Kazemi,
Publisher: Wiley
Keywords: asset, world, wiley, multi, finance, risk, science, allocation, new, management
Number of Pages: 294
Published: 2010-03-08
List price: $80.00
ISBN-10: 047053740X
ISBN-13: 9780470537404

A feasible asset allocation framework for the post 2008 financial world Asset allocation has long been a cornerstone of prudent investment management; however, traditional allocation plans failed investors miserably in 2008. Asset allocation still remains an essential part of the investment arena, and through a new approach, you’ll discover how to make it work. In The New Science of Asset Allocation, authors Thomas Schneeweis, Garry Crowder, and Hossein Kazemi first explore the myths that plague this field then quickly move on to examine how the practice of asset allocation has f

Authors:Stavros A. Zenios, William T. Ziemba,
Publisher: North Holland
Keywords: applications, case, studies, volume, management, asset, liability, handbook
Number of Pages: 684
Published: 2007-08-22
List price: $160.00
ISBN-10: 0444528024
ISBN-13: 9780444528025

The Handbooks in Finance are intended to be a definitive source for comprehensive and accessible information in the field of finance. Each individual volume in the series presents an accurate self-contained survey of a sub-field of finance, suitable for use by finance and economics professors and lecturers, professional researchers, graduate students and as a teaching supplement. It is fitting that the series Handbooks in Finance devotes a handbook to Asset and Liability Management. Volume 2 focuses on applications and case studies in asset and liability management.The growth in knowledge abou